Competition for a Memorial for Animals, for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1931-1932
Start Date: 1931
End Date: 10 November 1932
Type: Competition
Description: The Royal Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals requested that the Royal Society of Sculptors organise a competition for 'the Animals which took part in the war'. The work would be placed in front of their new Animal Dispensary, Cambridge Avenue, Kilburn.
Thirty-one designs were submitted, and C. L. Hartwell, RBS, served on the selection committee. F. Brook Hitch won the commission, and premiums were also awarded to F. V. Blundstone, and T. J. Clapperton. The memorial was unveiled on 10 November 1932.
Participants
Judged by Charles Leonard Hartwell
1931
Hartwell served on the selection committee.
Participant Frederick Brook Hitch
1931 - 10 November 1932
Hitch won the competition. He was awarded a premium of £40, and £500 for the commission.
Participant Ferdinand Victor Blundstone
1931
Sumbitted a design and was awarded a premium of £20.
Participant Thomas John Clapperton
1931
Sumbitted a design and was awarded a premium of £10.
Citing this record
'Competition for a Memorial for Animals, for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1931-1932', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/event.php?id=msib4_1272020812, accessed 23 Mar 2023]
